Rail Talks Resume After Brief Break in U S Rail Dispute
Union negotiators and government mediators agreed to reconvene at 4 p m after a 18 hour break in talks over wages and work rules in a nationwide rail labor dispute. Charles Luna of the United Transportation Union said no strike is imminent as Congress alone can halt a walkout.
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Washington
Charles Luna
United Transportation Union
Labor Department
Asst
W. J
Usery
Labor
J. D. Hodgson
Congress Debates Rail Reform as Labor Talks End
After a private huddle, union leaders left the Labor Department talks as the last strike act expired at 12 01 a m Monday. Congress likely to act again to pressure the four unions, with UTU still unresolved while others approved wage hikes averaging about 4 3 percent. Senator Taft bid new bills to boost railroad competitiveness without subsidies, including streamlining work rules and abandoning unprofitable branch lines with limits for essential lines.
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Washington
Robert Taft Jr
R-Ohie
Taft
Senate
U.S
Snowstorm Triggers Trucker Death and Area School Closures
A St. Marys West Virginia trucker Harold Vance Whittington aged 31 died near Point Pleasant as his tanker jackknifed in a snowstorm that halted schooling across Athens Hocking Meigs and Mason counties. Dozens of accidents injured several and police issued few citations while icy roads kept the region in a deep freeze with up to eight inches of snow in some counties.
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St. Mary’s
W. Va
Athens-Hocking - Meigs
Mason County
Harold Vance Whittington
Point Pleasant
Athens
Mill Street Hill
State Highway Patrol
Diane C. Bentz
Cool
North Carolina
Hocking County
Logan
Lockbourne AFB To Lose 2 300 Cutback Effects Drastic In Ohio
Congressional sources say Air Force cutbacks will close Clinton County AFB near Wilmington by June 30 and move Lockbourne AFB to SAC. Clinton County will lose 302nd Special Operations Wing and related groups. 50 military and 300 civilian personnel transfer. Lockbourne will see TAC units moved to SAC, with a refueling wing reduced and squadrons merged.
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Washington
Air Force
Ohio
Clinton County
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Columbus
Strategic Air Command
Lockbourne
Wilmington
Defense Department
Tactical Air
England
SAC
Train Derailment Sets Chemical Tanker Ablaze Near Dexter
A Penn Central freight train derailed near Dexter in Meigs County this morning. Six or more cars left the tracks and a chemical tanker caught fire. Fire departments from Pomeroy and Middleport rushed to the scene as snowbound rural roads hinder access. Engineer Jimmy Hall and conductor D. L. Richards were identified. no injuries reported at first.
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Pomeroy
Penn Central Railroad
Dexter
Meigs County
Middleport
Jimmy Hall
D. L. Richards
Tiny Ad Sells Big in 16,000 Area Homes Daily
An advertising blurb touts tiny ads as powerful sales tools with wide daily reach and fast results. It urges choosing a topnotch, low-cost salesman to maximize impact.
Viet Troops Advance In Laos Amid Heavy Fighting
U S helicopters ferry South Vietnamese troops six miles deeper into Laos near Sepone as Saigon widens a new front along Highway 9. Commanders say contact is minimal in the new sector, while U S and allied casualty tallies rise, with Americans reporting 69 killed last week and 281 wounded.
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Saigon
Laos
Sepone
Route 9
le Thung Hien
Bor
Ders
Hien
Quang Tri
Khe Sanh
U.S
Hoang Xuan Lam
Associated Press
J. T. Volkerstorfer
Nixon to hold foreign policy news conference at 9 p.m
President Nixon will speak on foreign policy at 9 p.m. EST in a 30 minute White House news conference to be carried live by major radio and television networks. In Paris the Vietnam peace talks were deadlocked as delegates boycotted the session over alleged acts of war by the Nixon administration. In Cairo Al Ahram reported that Egypt would decide Sunday on extending the ceasefire while Rogers urged restraint and continued diplomacy. In Marietta Ohio a fire killed Bertha Farus and her two daughters Louise and Dorothy, with kerosene on hot coals blamed for the blaze.
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Nixon
White House
Paris
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Cairo
al Ahram
U.S
William P. Rogers
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Marietta
Ohio
Bertha Farus
Louise
Dorothy
Muskingum River
Lowell
Pete Ball
Obituary and Entertainment Classified Fragments
Fragmentary classified notes show entries referencing obituaries and entertainment with stray letters. The readable bits do not form a complete obituary or event. no clear names, dates, or places emerge from the damaged text.
Four American airmen kidnapped by Turkish gunmen
Four U S airmen were abducted near Ankara by five armed Turks who stopped their military car and tied the Turkish driver. A ransom note demanding 400000 dollars was delivered to Anatolia News Agency and the group Turkish People’s Liberation Army urged Turks to revolt. U S officials and the ambassador expressed deep concern as police arrested a youth near the Russian Embassy.
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Ankara
Turkey
U.S
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
Larry J Heavner
Denver
Colo
Richard Caracci
Stanford
Anatolias
Ghulson
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ohio Finance Chief Outlines Budget Plan Amid Testimony
Ohio Finance Director Harold A. Hovey pledged to stretch taxpayers’ dollars as far as possible while detailing the basic outline of Governor Gilligan’s budget. He spoke before the Senate Finance Committee and noted no specific proposals were announced yet. The budget faces rigorous review in Republican-controlled House and Senate finance committees.
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Oho
Ohio
Harold A. Hovey
Senate Finance Committee
John J. Gilligan
Hovey
Robert Shaw
House
Senate
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